taking on new jersey in the elimination game. 2-1 new jersey, bottom four. smith singles to left. danny marzo and bradley smith score and petaluma takes a 3-2 lead. now 4-2, petaluma top six and new jersey answers. emil matti hits a home run, it's 4-3. daniel ruggerio scores. only one run scores so we're tied at 4. bottom eight, marzo hits a walk-off home run to win it. so the boys from petaluma are not ready to come back to california. they win 5-4 and live to play another day. >>> now to the big leagues, showdown for first place as the giants take on the dodgers at the top of the hour. los angeles just a half game ahead of san francisco in the nl west, after the giants 7-1 loss to the padres yesterday. the giants come into tonight's game having been flanked by the dodgers over the last 20 innings. manager bruce bochy spoke about one of the big keys to this series, buster posey. >> well, it's different by the fact we have a little more knowledge on how he's doing, how he's bouncing back for long games or four or five games in a row. i will say -- not that he won't be back there,